The Process

The following 11 steps gives you an outline as to how the Awards are run:

1. Businesses register their interest in participating
2. You will receive an entry pack
3. Complete your entry by the 31st of August
4. During the entry period, if you have any queries or problems, contact the Entry Co-ordinator  or our Whitireia Polytechnic Business tutor for assistance
5. All entrants will be contacted by the Entry Co-ordinator before the deadline date to ensure that you're on track and ‘entry ready'
6. The Entry Co-ordinator determines who is ‘entry ready'
7. The finalists are announced in September and receive a certificate (to be proudly displayed)
8. All finalists are assessed by a team of assessors
9. The assessors pass their recommendations on to the judges
10. The judges review all entry material and determine who the winners are
11. The results are announced at the Awards function on Tuesday 10 November!